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Costa Rica on alert for organ trafficking
Infosurhoy “What the woman did was convince donors to turn over their organs, telling them the procedure did not have an effect on people’s health,” he said. “So far, we have identified three [Costa Rican] victims.” The victims were referred to the … Costa Rica … |
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Novel Approach to Amyloidosis Looks Promising
MedPage Today “The ability of [the second-generation drug] to lower both mutant and nonmutant proteins may also provide a major advantage over liver transplantation, which affects the production of only mutant protein.” Though it was a phase I, proof-of-principle … Alnylam and Collaborators Publish Clinical Trial Results with RNAi …DailyFinance |
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In death, they gave vision to two
Times of India “I have been organizing blood donation camps regularly apart from spreading awareness about organ donation. When I learnt about my brother and nephew’s death, I decided to donate their organs. It was painful moment for us, but we had to take quick … |
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End the Ban on Gay Blood Donation
Slate Magazine As part of its accelerating effort to turn gay people into second-class citizens, Russia recently announced that it was reinstating its ban on blood donations from gay men—while offering all gay people free “conversion” therapy to heterosexuality. A … |
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Now Available: Liver Transplantation – Pipeline Review, H2 2013
SBWire (press release) Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 08/29/2013 — Global Markets Direct’s, ‘Liver Transplantation – Pipeline Review, H2 2013′, provides an overview of the indication’s therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic development for … |
Adding blood pressure drug to standard antibiotics speeds up TB treatmentScience Daily (press release)Researchers say that if clinical trials starting later this year in India, a country heavily burdened by the highly contagious lung disease, prove suc…
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One Government One Tax
MorungExpress Taxes are levied by the government and its organ for the service rendered to its citizen. In the context of India, it is clearly found mentioned in Article 265 of its constitution that “No tax shall be levied or collected except by the authority of law … |
Ohio hospital denies negligence in transplant caseNews SentinelThe nurse who disposed of the kidney retired, and another who was present and was suspended then fired has sued for wrongful termination. The surgeon in charge of the case no longer oversee…
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How much money can you get for selling your organs?
Salon In India, a kidney fetches around $20,000. … “The person giving up the organ only gets a fraction of the fee,” says Sally Satel, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute think tank who studies the prices paid by legal and illegal organ–donor … |
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Girl, 10, shows no sign of sickle cell after stem cell transplant in St. Louis
STLtoday.com After spending three months undergoing and recovering from a risky stem cell transplant, 10-year-old Caitlyn Hill left St. Louis Children’s Hospital last week without any signs of her sickle cell disease. Caitlyn is only the third person to receive a … |